15 Oct 2023 Oct. 12, 2023: Martins debut novel Hovedværk has been released by Turbine and is now out in a bookshop near you. A formidable review was in Weekendavisen on the day of the release:-) www.turbineforlaget.dkwww.weekendavisen.dkhttps://politiken.dk/podcast/bogfolk/art9594994/Kunstmaleren-Martin-Bigum-om-at-springe-ud-som-forfatterwww.forfatterforedrag.dk
08 Jun 2023 WELCOME to Martins first solo show, "Two Worlds" with Hans Alf Gallery in Copenhagen, go see before July 1st:-) http://hansalf.com
23 Jan 2023 Martin is now represented by Hans Alf Gallery in Copenhagen:-) In Aarhus by Charlotte Fogh Gallery:-) http://hansalf.com
10 Nov 2022 Martin has just been in Paris for 14 days printing three new litographies in legendary Atelier Clot in the Marais...mind you this is where Rodin, Degas, Renoir, Matisse also printed (sans comparison!...) http://atelierclot.dk
10 Oct 2022 New solo show at Skitsehandlen in Faaborg, DK: Martins palettes from the last couple of years, with sketches in the fat oil paint: From Oct. 1st -Nov. 26th, 2022 http://skitsehandlen.dk
03 Dec 2021 Christies, London, Contemporary Art Auctions, Oct. 16, 2021. Price realised 27.500 GBP. From distinguished European collection: Martins painting from 2004 -Bitter Judges- is now in a Chinese collection of cutting-edge international contemporary art
06 Oct 2021 Another World: Martins new series of paintings from 2020-21 on show at Charlotte Fogh Gallery from Oct. 8 th - Nov. 13 th, 2021: Inspired by the pandemic and the 7 senses http://charlottefogh.dk
24 Nov 2020 On Danish Television DR2 from January 10th, 2021, 20:45 hrs: The art of my life, 4 episodes based on Martins bestseller My personal arthistory: A personal guide thru the flow of inspiration from childhood until present day http://dr.dk/drtv/serie/mit-livs-kunst-_-med-martin-bigum_205831
13 Oct 2020 Coming up Jan. 4th, 2021, on Danish Televison DR2: The art of my life. Over 4 episodes Martin leads the viewer through the flow of artistic inspiration from childhood days over youth and adulthood until the present time. A personal and artistic journey:) http://www.instagram.com/p/CELollhhKk8/
13 Oct 2020 Coming up beginning of 2021 on Danish Televison DR2: Bigums Arthistory. Over 4 episodes Martin leads the viewer through the flow of artistic inspiration from childhood days over youth and adulthood until the present time. A personal and artistic journey:
15 Apr 2020 It is a pleasure to announce that Martins painting Limbo, 190 x 135 cm, oil on canvas, 2006, is now in the collection of Musee d´art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne Rochechouart, FR, due to a kind donation from collector Agnes Rein, FR: Thank you! Merci! Here Limbo is photographed in Palais De Tokyo in Paris, FR, 2008, as part of the exhibition of favorite works from the collectors of Les Amis de Palais de Tokyo. Thank you Nils Staerk, Copenhagenhttp://www.musee-rochechouart.com/index.php/fr/
06 Feb 2020 Galerie AC Noffke, Haus Mecklenburg, groupshow with Martin Bigum, Christopher Lehmpfhul, Carola Schapals, Marina Schulze
13 Sep 2019 Thank you all 450 audiences at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: sold out TALK about the state of the arts before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall: Poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen and Martin
26 Aug 2019 The new 8 DRK Kunstquiz programmes are being broadcast throughout August-September, 2019, Wednesday Evenings at 20:00 hrs: Enjoy! - here is Director Anne Mette Villumsen from Skovgaard Museum with Martin, at Trapholt Museum of Art http://www.dr.dk/tv/se/kunstquizzen/kunstquiz-7/kunstquiz-22
08 Aug 2019 Don´t miss the chance to see Mesterhjerner/ Masterbrains again: Scientist and researcher of the brain Professor Peter Lund Madsen visits Martin in his studio http://www.dr.dk/tv/se/mesterhjerner/mesterhjerner-2/mesterhjerner-kreativitet-2-5
18 Jun 2019 The whole of June, 2019, Martin is staying at the San Cataldo ex-monastery at the Amalfi Coast, IT; painting in new directions, editing his forthcoming novel:-)
25 May 2019 Welcome to this new book about The Public Space: Martin has contributed alongside with Tal R, Superflex and Olafur Eliasson and Dorthe Mandrup from Denmark
04 May 2019 Det Maleriske Nu has ended and is now the most visited exhibition at Sophienholm since 1997. Thank you all visitors, also for the overwhelming positive response to such a rarely shown theme: The Painterly Now- the bouncing point for the painter:-)
17 Mar 2019 Welcome to Sophienholm: The painterly and surprising clinch between Peter Hansen (d. 1928) and Martin receives excellent reviews: See you there:-) http://sophienholm.dk
